Born in 1973, Bagdad- Iraq, graduated from fine arts college, member of Iraqi Union of Writers, and member of Journalists Syndicate. she was awarded many local and Arabic prizes like the Shariqa prize 2007 for her collection (heartprints). she published a short stories' collection and another poetry book in early 1997 (Twenty

i'm the corpse

being the corpse, I did your shoppingIn the cold, I made bread aloneand alonespent the dawn shivering in the kitchenneglected my lifeawaiting your words of scornwhat do you await?I'm the corpse...I washed your dirty dishes and whispersand helped this youngster with his homeworkI taught that young lady some stitchesand with all this...there are other thingsI can simply stretch out my hand under cold running waterand dream of your warmthhaving infinite joys,growing around the washing basinI smileand as a corpse also...sadly stand to iron garmentsstill...there is much to beI can wring myself along with clothing I'd spreadimagining a fading age with no complimentthen I smile. POEM BY :SAMARQAND ALJABIRRI TRANSLATED BY: AMAL IBRAHIM kindly revised by George Szirtes